Remington Lee M1885 Rifle Navy issue 45-70

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[@sbreheny]

Beautiful rifle and great description video. You can clearly see that this is a predecessor to the Lee-Enfield in the profile of the magazine and trigger guard.

[@woodsmanforlife1677]

Very interesting! Thanks for sharing!

[@HircineDaWolf]

love these rifles

[@glabdo5000]

That is a beauty!

[@sbreheny]

I just looked around and it seems that these go for about $2,000 now!

[@Teleoceras]

That is a real beauty! It's a shame the Army never adopted this arm.

[@WojciechP915]

Very cool.

[@travischapin886]

Is this a black powder firearm or is it suitable for smokeless ammunition?

[@Teleoceras]

This rifle was black powder.

[@sbreheny]

You could probably use lightly-loaded smokeless 45-70 ammo in it although I am not certain. I have a Trapdoor Springfield in which I shoot both BP and light smokeless 45-70 and I've had no problems. I have also see situations, though, where even light smokeless loads in other calibers (577-450 Martini Henry for example) will cause problems such as difficulty extracting or difficulty reforming the brass to reload it.

[@Teleoceras]

@@sbreheny Very true, but when it comes to BPCR, I'd rather play it safe and use the holy Black instead of smokeless.

[@lorenemitchell7429]

winchester straight pull 6mm lee navy model 1895

[@sbreheny]

That's a different rifle